{ "case_id": "case_assignment", "problem_type": "assignment", "natural_language": "Assign 4 workers to 4 tasks. Processing times: Worker 1 takes 9, 2, 7, 8 hours; Worker 2 takes 6, 4, 3, 7; Worker 3 takes 5, 8, 4, 6; Worker 4 takes 7, 5, 6, 4. Each worker handles exactly one task and each task is assigned to exactly one worker. Minimize total processing time.", "binding": { "problem_hint": "assignment", "entities": { "workers": [ { "id": "W1", "label": null, "attributes": {} }, { "id": "W2", "label": null, "attributes": {} }, { "id": "W3", "label": null, "attributes": {} }, { "id": "W4", "label": null, "attributes": {} } ], "tasks": [ { "id": "T1", "label": null, "attributes": {} }, { "id": "T2", "label": null, "attributes": {} }, { "id": "T3", "label": null, "attributes": {} }, { "id": "T4", "label": null, "attributes": {} } ] }, "parameters": { "processing_time": { "name": "processing_time", "value": [ [ 9.0, 2.0, 7.0, 8.0 ], [ 6.0, 4.0, 3.0, 7.0 ], [ 5.0, 8.0, 4.0, 6.0 ], [ 7.0, 5.0, 6.0, 4.0 ] ], "unit": null, "source_span": null } }, "scalars": {}, "binding_confidence": 0.9 }, "formulation": { "problem_type": "assignment", "sets": { "I": "workers", "J": "tasks" }, "parameters": [ "processing_time" ], "variables": [ { "name": "x", "indices": [ "i", "j" ], "domain": "binary", "non_negative": true, "description": "1 if worker i assigned to task j" } ], "objective": { "sense": "minimize", "expression": "sum(processing_time[i,j] * x[i,j] for i in I for j in J)", "description": "Minimize total processing time" }, "constraints": [ { "name": "one_task_per_worker", "expression": "sum(x[i,j] for j in J)", "sense": "==", "rhs_expression": "1", "description": "Each worker gets exactly one task" }, { "name": "one_worker_per_task", "expression": "sum(x[i,j] for i in I)", "sense": "==", "rhs_expression": "1", "description": "Each task assigned to exactly one worker" } ], "notes": [] }, "ground_truth_objective": 14.0 }